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CELESTE LEFT RIGHT after Nathan brought out the pizza.
“Are you sure you can’t stay? I won’t be able to eat all of this by myself,” he said, looking like a wounded puppy dog.
“I wish I could but it’s getting too late,” she said, grabbing her coat.
“Yeah, won’t daddy be worried about you?” I asked sarcastically.
She smiled. “Well, he certainly knows I can handle myself. Plus, I promised him I’d bring back a late night snack on the way home.”
I opened my mouth to reply with something snarky, but from the look on her face, I knew she’d said it to get me fired up again. I decided to let it go.
“Okay.” Nathan licked pizza sauce from his fingers before walking over and giving her a friendly hug. Celeste looked so small in his arms that it was hard to believe she could destroy him if she
